Liberty Community and Finney Switch

Liberty Community and Finney Switch (HM1PUS)

Location: Plainview, TX 79072 Hale County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 15.785', W 101° 42.613'

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In 1887 Joseph B. Leach and his brothers, John and Dee, immigrated to this area from Liberty, Kentucky. Joseph filed on a 160-acre homestead and built a half-dugout and sod house and a windmill. The Leach brothers often hauled freight for Plainview merchants.
More families arrived in this five-mile square area. By 1892 there were enough children for a schoolhouse to be erected. Methodist and Baptist services and community activities were held in the building. The settlement was called "Liberty" for Joseph Leach's Kentucky home.
William R. Finney and his family settled nearby in the early 1900s. When the Santa Fe Railroad from Amarillo to Plainview located a switch in 1906 on Finney's land, the site became "Finney Switch".
Soon irrigation wells improved agriculture and dairy farming began. Liberty Schoolhouse was moved in 1912 and in 1920 a four-room brick building was erected south of Finney. About 1925 the first business, a store, opened. The Baptist and Methodist congregations built sanctuaries by 1940. With the consolidation of the Liberty and Plainview Schools in 1948 and changes in farming, the population decreased.
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HM NumberHM1PUS
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Marker Number3081
Year Placed1979
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Monday, December 7th, 2015 at 5:02pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 250457 N 3794651
Decimal Degrees34.26308333, -101.71021667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 15.785', W 101° 42.613'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 15' 47.1" N, 101° 42' 36.78" W
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Area Code(s)806
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Co Rd 40, Plainview TX 79072, US
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